Re: Questions about back injury

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On 5/16/05, Vickie wrote:
> I had been at work delivering parts when I stepped out of
> the truck I thought it was water butit was "black ice"
> causing me to spin around and fall.I ruptured my disc in
> my lower back. I had surgery on my L5/S1 back in Feb.I've
> been off on w/c. I go back to doctor this month and
> hopefully get to start my phsyical therapy. I now have 4
> rods in my back. Has anyone had these similar
> circumstances happen to them? If so could you please fill
> me in on what happens next? thanks,
I ruptured a lumbar disk back in Dec 2004. I do not know
what operation you had but I ended up with a disk
replacement. Still in some pain and might be fore rest of my
life. Doing PT now they want to send me back to work soon.
Backs are hard to cure everybody is treated different.